Timeline of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season | |
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![]() Season summary map | |
Season boundaries | |
First system formed | December 29, 2017 |
Last system dissipated | December 29, 2018 [nb 1] |
Strongest system | |
Name | Kong-rey & Yutu |
Maximum winds | 215 km/h (130 mph) (10-minute sustained) |
Lowest pressure | 900 hPa (mbar) |
Longest lasting system | |
Name | Yutu |
Duration | 13.25 days |
The 2018 Pacific typhoon season was formerly the costliest Pacific typhoon season on record before being surpassed the following year. The season had no official boundaries, and storms can form year-round. Despite this, activity usually peaks between May and November. The season featured above-average activity, with 29 named storms, 13 typhoons, and 7 super typhoons forming in the West Pacific. [2] [4] [nb 2] The season's first named storm, Bolaven, developed on January 3, while the season's last named storm, Man-yi, dissipated on November 28. The season's first typhoon, Jelawat, reached typhoon status on March 29, eventually becoming also the first super typhoon the next day.
This timeline documents all of the events of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season. Most of the tropical cyclones form between May and November. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator between 100°E and the International Date Line. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is the official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for the Western Pacific Basin. As such, it is responsible for assigning names to all tropical cyclones that reach 10-minute maximum sustained winds of at least 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph) in the region. [6] The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also monitors systems in the Western Pacific Basin, assigning systems a number with a "W" suffix if the system is a tropical depression or stronger. PAGASA also assigns local names to tropical depressions or stronger which form within or enter their area of responsibility, regardless if the JMA has assigned the cyclone a name; however, these names are not in common use outside of PAGASA's area of responsibility. [7] In this season, 21 systems entered or formed in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), of which 7 of them made landfall over the Philippines.
January 1
January 2
January 3
January 4
February 8
February 9
February 10
February 11
February 12
February 13
February 14
February 15
February 16
March 24
March 25
March 26
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30
March 31
April 1
May 10
May 11
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 5
June 6
June 7
June 8
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17
June 18
June 21
June 28
June 29
July 1
July 2
July 3
July 4
July 5
July 6
July 8
July 9
July 10
July 11
July 13
July 14
July 15
July 16
11W made 3 landfalls on Camiguin de Babuyanes, Fuga Island, and Dalupiri Island. [37]
July 17
July 18
Son-Tinh made a fifth landfall on Hà Tĩnh Province. [42]
July 19
July 20
July 21
July 22
Son-Tinh made a sixth landfall on Hainan. [9]
July 23
Son-Tinh made a seventh and eighth landfall on the Leizhou Peninsula. [9]
July 24
July 25
July 26
July 27
July 28
July 29
July 30
July 31
August 1
August 2
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9
August 10
August 11
August 12
August 13
August 14
August 15
August 16
August 17
August 18
August 19
August 20
August 21
August 22
August 23
August 24
August 25
August 26
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 30
August 31
September 1
September 2
September 3
September 4
September 5
September 6
September 7
September 8
September 9
September 10
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
September 18
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23
September 24
September 25
September 26
September 27
September 28
September 29
September 30
October 1
October 2
October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 19
October 20
October 21
October 22
October 23
October 24
October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
October 31
November 2
November 3
November 13
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 20
November 21
November 22
November 23
November 24
November 25
November 26
November 27
November 28
November 30
December 25
December 27
December 28
December 29
December 31